Ginger Moored is a freelance print and radio reporter in Washington, D.C. She completed a two-year fellowship with D.C.’s city government in 2009, which included a stint in the transportation department’s mass transit administration.

A small start-up near Washington, D.C. has started what it calls “the first stationless smart bike sharing program in North America.” And all it took to get the system up and running was some bikes, U-locks and mobile phones. In ...

Almost 50 years ago, streetcars in Washington, D.C. stopped running and most of their tracks were removed. Now they’re back and ready for a revival, with parts of the first two lines slated to open next spring. In this post, we talk ...